Symposium Program

A comprehensive program over the three days of the symposium will include:

Keynote Addresses
Technical Paper Presentations
Workshops
Product Briefs
Trade Exhibition
Welcome Function
Symposium Dinner.

Tuesday 19th November, 2024

7:30am - 8:45am	Registration and Networking
9:00am - 9:10am	Opening Introduction and Welcome to Country Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel Welcome to Country Elder Aunty Serena Williams Elder Uncle Daniel Williams
9:10am - 9:40am	Opening Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel CJC Landscape CDRE James Nash, RAN, Director General Explosive Ordnance, Joint Capabilities Group, Defence - on behalf of Chief Joint Capabilities
9:40am - 10:10am	Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel Interoperability and Interchangeability - A UK Perspective Miss Holly Pennington, Weapons Engineering Centre of Excellence (WESCOE), UK Ministry of Defence
10:10am - 11:00am	Morning Tea and Exhibition
11:00am - 11:30am	Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel CDRE James Nash, RAN, Director General Explosive Ordnance, Joint Capabilities Group
11:30am - 12:00pm	Keynote Address Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel Explosive Ordnance Safety Landscape - A Regulator's Perspective CDRE James Nash, RAN, Director General Explosive Ordnance, Joint Capabilities Group AIRCDRE Wade Evans, Explosive Ordnance Branch CDRE Nigel Smith, RAN, Director General, Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group
12:20pm - 1:20pm	Lunch and Exhibition
1:20pm - 2:00pm	Panel Discussion Room: Royal Theatre Chair: Tim Gavel What does GWEO Capability Development and Delivery mean for future Interoperability and Interchangeability? Moderated by CAPT Paul Yow, RAN, Director of Ordnance Safety, Explosive Ordnance Branch CDRE James Nash, RAN, Director General Explosive Ordnance, Joint Capabilities Group AIRCDRE Mark Scougall, Director General Explosive Materiel Branch - Systems Division, Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance Group GPCAPT Mark Washusen, Director GWEO Test and Evaluation
2:00pm - 2:10pm	Movement Break into Sessions
2:10pm - 2:40pm	Session 1A – Manufacturing Room: Royal Theatre Chair: CMDR Joe Linehan Solid Rocket Motor and Warhead Manufacturing Mr Todd Korb, Northrop Grumman Defence Systems Mr Greg Mathams, Northrop Grumman Australia Session 1B – Security Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: LTCOL Ross Grafton Threat informed defences for Information Technology (IT) / Operational Technology (OT) within Explosive Ordnance systems: Understanding adversaries Mr Nico Riquelme-Ramirez, QinetiQ Australia Session 1C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: ACDRE Wade Evans Strategies for ensuring effective interoperability with electrically initiated Explosive Ordnance exposed to dynamic electromagnetic environments Mr Thinus Neethling, K39 Consulting
2:40pm - 3:10pm	Advanced Rocket Motor Technology Demonstrator Program: Accelerating Defence Capability Options through Defence Industry Mr Lachlan Burg, Thales Australia Mr Andrew Hart, Defence Science and Technology Group The Role of Cyber Security Assessment & Authorisation (A&A) in Safe IT/OT Integration of the accelerated program SEA 1300 Naval Strike Missile capability into Hobart Class guided missile destroyers Mr Nico Riquelme-Ramirez, QinetiQ Australia Updates to the NATO process for assessment of Safety and Suitability for Service (S3) Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
3:10pm - 3:50pm	Afternoon Tea and Exhibition
3:50pm - 4:20pm	Session 2A – Manufacturing Room: Royal Theatre Chair: WGCDR Gary Gibbs Advanced rocket technology demonstrator program. 'Accelerating Defence capability options through Australian industry uplift Mr Lachlan Burg, Thales Australia Mr Andrew Hart, Defence Science and Technology Group Session 2B – Explosive Risk Assessment Room: Bradman Theatre Chair: WGCDR Dan Stapleton Experimental study for predicting and characterising projectile risk around underground mine openings Mr Edwin CJ Gan, University of Wollongong Session 2C – Safety and Suitability for Service Room: Menzies Theatre Chair: Dr Michael Sharp Chemical characterisation and qualification of Thales manufactured Trinitrotoluene to US Military specification requirements Mr Mark Dundas, Thales
4:20pm - 4:50pm	The Spoils of War - Australia's use of German WW2 Technology to Develop one of the World's First Guided Weapon Systems Mr Lyndon Tilbrook, QinetiQ Australia ㅤ Safety considerations for drone-like munitions Mr Jakob Breiner, Munitions Safety Information Analysis Center (MSIAC)
5:00pm - 6:30pm	Welcome Function Exhibition Hall, National Convention Centre Canberra